Psychotherapy and Medication

Fredric N. Busch, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College and a faculty member of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He is on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Inquiry. Dr. Busch has authored over 30 publications as well as 10 books or book chapters. Larry S. Sandberg, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical Center and Lecturer in Psychiatry at Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis and adult psychiatry.

• Introduction. Theoretical Bases of Combined Treatment. Getting Started with Medication. The Meaning of Medication. Clinical Values of Combined Treatment. Approaches to Treatment: The Prescribing Therapist. Split Treatment. Combined Treatment for Depressive and Anxiety Disorders. Complex Cases.

"As medication has become more useful and acceptable as an ancillary treatment for psychotherapy and psychoanalytic patients alike, Busch and Sandberg offer a comprehensive guide to all of the complexities of this combined mode of treatment, including transference/countertransference problems for prescribing within the treatment or referring for psychopharmacological evaluation. With an excellent chapter for the nonmedical therapist/analyst that involves a split model, and useful case examples and vignettes that enrich the volume, this is the finest guide available on the use of medication in psychotherapy."- Joseph Reppen, PhD, ABPP, Editor, Psychoanalytic Psychology